I am trying to setup a test of Netflow for a school project. I'm using VMWare, and was going to set up a few virtual machines and a virtual router.(I was given advice to use GNS 3 for a virtual router software)

My plan is as follows:
1. Set up a virtual machine and install GNS and have this machine act as router.

2. Set up a virtual machine to act as the Netflow analyzer machine using Flowtools.

3. Set up two other virtual machines to act as host machines to communicate so I can record Netflow data.

Will this setup yield actual results for me? I am most familiar with CentOS so that is the distro I am going to use. Also, will I have a problem with this if I have to use host-only networking? They want me to use that so I don't accidently hose any of the current network. Thanks for the help!

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.